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Lady Tak's racing days end

Lady Tak, a multiple Grade 1-winning mare who earned more than $1 million, has been retired from racing, trainer Steve Asmussen said Friday.

Lady Tak, 5, has been sent to Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky.

Asmussen said the decision to retire Lady Tak, owned by William Heiligbrodt, was made after it was determined she could not make Sunday's Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap, a race she won last year. Asmussen said he lost valuable training time with Lady Tak this spring when his Churchill Downs barn was one of three put under quarantine for equine herpes.